Step 4: Adding WordPress tags

Step 5: Adding functionalities

Now that you have created and activated a theme, the full magic of WordPress becomes apparent. If you want to add any other functionality into the web...

Creating a website needs two important things, first an attractive, user-friendly design, second, an efficient and functional website code. Both are incomplete without each other and excelling in both is utmost necessary to create a good website. Creating a good design is a test of creativity which not everyone is born with; coding the design on the other hand requires deep knowledge of PHP, HTML, JavaScript and CSS. Thus most people can create an image PSD of their design but coding it is often a challenge.

For non-programmers, the open source community has gifted WordPress, an open source website building tool and content management system that is highly user friendly and can be used efficiently to create a quality website. But in WordPress also, creating a custom website is not that easy. Therefore to alleviate this problem here we give you 5 concrete steps to convert PSD design to WordPress template.

Step 1: Slicing PSD

The first step in PSD to WordPressprocess is slicing. Slicing means to cut and divide an image design file into multiple design files each having the different design component of the overall design. This is important because the whole design is not coded in a single image. In a website, multiple images are sewn together seamlessly, in which each component and feature has its own functionality and use.

The slicing is usually done in image editing software and most designers usually prefer Adobe Photoshop or comparable. But in the end the point is to cut the pixel perfect images and this can be performed using any image editing software including Microsoft paint. But, Adobe Photoshop only makes the job easier to perform and easier to organize.

Now, most designers make a design using a graphic software that allows layered image creation, again like Photoshop, and create design files that are already divided into different components in its layers. This effectively makes the process of slicing obsolete but still it is important to know how to do it.

Another thing to note here is that even though some features like buttons and embedded images have to cut in entirety as they cannot be created dynamically, other features like solid color background, header and footer color, or solid design features, that can be created dynamically, are not required to be cut in full. It is up to the designer and coder what they want to create dynamically and what not.

Amazing post! Each step of conversion is clearly defined here. I agree with the writer on the point that the embedded images and buttons need to be cut in entirety as they cannot be built dynamically as other features, footer, headers, etc.

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WordPress, an amazing Content Management System, is advancing day by day in website developing industries (already 20% of the websites) WordPress comes with powerful plugins and templates that help in building wide varieties of sites such as blogging site, corporate or e-commerce site with faster delivery. This is the reason that most of the sites are being developed on WordPress sites. Now in every industry there is a trend for PSD to WordPress conversion. Converting PSD (Photoshop document) to WordPress will be an effective and efficient technique to deliver a highly graphic website.

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Its great tutorial, very well explained every step. But this will help who had knowledge on photoshop, HTML and PHP coding. If the person is not aware of these coding or designing they can outsource to experienced PSD to wordpress conversion experts Here is one i suggest : dynamicdreamz.com

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